## Chapter 1726 – The Legend of the Black-Haired Foreigner – The Life of a Transcender

“Khaaa!!!”

A sigh of relief involuntarily escapes!

“This is it!!!”

This hot spring is amazing! The warm water enveloping my lower body and abdomen makes me feel cozy! No wonder people are so crazy about hot springs!

I sometimes bask in the sun to warm up, but this kind of natural stimulation is much better than that instant gratification. This is nature, isn’t it?

“Nick! Don’t you think so!”
“Kheuuk…!”
“Hey, hey. Why are you so far away? Stick closer to your dad, you little rascal!”
“Aaaagh!”

Whether Nick screams or not, I immediately move closer to him and put my arm around his shoulder.

Shoulder to shoulder, shoulder to shoulder.

My son, my dear son.

“Why is this man’s arm so heavy! Dad! My shoulder hurts! It feels like a land battleship is on my shoulder!”
“This kid is already that strong? Able to support a land battleship with his shoulder. This dad is happy.”
“It’s a metaphorrrrr!”
“Alright, alright. Don’t be such a drama queen.”

I put a little strength into my arm to ease Nick’s burden. He’s struggling just having my arm resting there without any force.

He needs some training.

“Hehehe, such a drama king. You should just be called ‘Drama Nick’.”
“It’s not an exaggeration! And what’s ‘Drama Nick’!”
“Anyway.”

—Swish.

I lean my back against the wall and look up at the sky.

“Coming to a hot spring with my son is really amazing. Hey. This is so great. Dad feels like he’s going to fly away as he is.”
“Really fly away! Then!”
“Yeehaw!”

—Whoosh!

Like a rocket, I ascend vertically, do a somersault in the air, and land next to Nick again.

—Splash!

Nick, drenched in water, screams.

“Hoo! Good!”
“This man really did it…! A father flew naked in front of his son, did a somersault, and landed! In a hot spring!”
“Even if you can’t believe it, understand. This dad is a being beyond imagination.”
“This isn’t transcendence! It’s something beyond that!”
“That is the existence known as Cheonma Kim Kat.”

Anyway.

Well, I don’t really want to scold Nick, and there’s not really anything to scold him for in the first place. I definitely don’t want to torment him either.

I just wanted to come to a hot spring with my son as a father. I can’t do this with my daughters. A dad going to a hot spring with his grown-up daughter? Isn’t that crazy? That’s something to be beaten to death for.

That’s why it’s my son.

I can go to a hot spring with my son, right? I have eight daughters and one son. What can I do if Nick is the only one I can go to a hot spring with? Well, going with my wives is fun too, but I also want to go with my son.

“Hehehe.”

Nick keeps running away, so I can’t help but feel this urge. This is entirely Nick’s fault. If he had come with me sooner, would I have been like this?

“Don’t just laugh, answer me! I can go back, right! It’s not a one-way ticket and I have to live here, is it!”
“That depends on you, Nick.”
“Heok!”
“Hey. There are people in the world who get a round-trip ticket with just a used one-way ticket. Learn from that.”
“If there’s such an amazing person, I’ll become his disciple right away! That’s the only way I can get out of this hot spring!”
“This kid? You hate being in the hot spring with your dad that much?”

—Grab!

The moment I hug Nick!

“N-No, no! Let go! Dad! Please let go! Please! You’re naked!”
“Hehehe, what’s wrong with that? You’re not a daughter, you’re a son.”

This is intimacy.
And communion.

I can hug my son, dammit.

“Really, Nick. It’s so much fun coming to a hot spring with my son. Let’s go to the sauna together later.”
“I’ll go! I’ll go! Sauna is better!”
“Let’s eat something delicious too. Hehehe, see? It’s good to come, right?”
“It’s so good! It’s good, Dad!”
“Kekekeke!”

Seeing him so happy makes me happy too! A big laugh bursts out involuntarily. I should soak in the hot spring for a while and then go to the sauna.

“Kya.”

Anyway, I let go of Nick.

“Nick. If you fall behind, I’ll come and get you again. Stay close.”
“I understand!”
“Hehehe, good.”

By the way.

“That was touching, touching.”
“What’s touching.”
“To be sure, this dad isn’t on very good terms with Kim Mal-soo. That incomprehensible man always forced me to do strange things.”
“Ggeup! Ggeuheup! Eubeubeubeubeup!”

Suddenly, Nick covers his mouth and shouts, “Eubeubeubeubeup!!!” Why is this kid suddenly like this? What is he doing?

“Why are you covering your mouth?”
“Hoo…! Nothing. Nothing.”
“Continue the story. Your grandfather was a really strange person. A person who far exceeded the scope of human understanding. I wonder if that’s what happens when the concept of eccentricity puts on a human shell… such an existence.”
“Eubeubeubeubeubeup!!!”

So what is it?

Whatever it is, I recalled the image of my father, Kim Mal-soo.

“Ah.”

When I went to Earth back then. I was going to punish him. But that red ginseng maniac cried because I didn’t buy him red ginseng. That’s when I knew. That he still had love.

That’s why I value love so much in parent-child relationships. Not only that, but also actions.

If you say you love someone but don’t show it through actions, you’ll end up like Kim Mal-soo.

“Then Dad should go and reconcile with Grandpa and go to the hot spring.”
“Hehehe.”
“Don’t just laugh!”
“But Nick. As much as your grandfather and this dad aren’t close… shouldn’t we become even closer than we are now with our Nick? Don’t you think so? I realized something good after seeing that statue you made.”
“The result was completely different from my intention! I told you to reconcile with Grandpa!”

No. Even if you say that, it’s a bit much to do that now. I’ve been like this with Nick from the beginning, but I have to start with Kim Mal-soo from now on.

But Lisha doesn’t like it… It seems like she still remembers being suppressed by my age last time. She really hates revealing her age.

“Nick. Lisha doesn’t like it, so I can’t help it.”
“L-Lisha Auntie why?”

Nick asks with a questioning look.

“There was an unfortunate incident when I went to greet her last time. So just know that I can’t help it.”

Confucian old man Kim Mal-soo lowered his tail in front of Lisha, who was several times older than him. Lisha’s actions were heroic, but the sacrifice was too great…

“You’re getting away with that!”
“Argue with Lisha, with Lisha. Do you want to ask her directly?”
“I won’t!”

Well, I stuck close to Nick and enjoyed the hot spring bath. This kid Nick liked it too.

He’s just a bit like that with his words, but he actually likes his dad a lot.

“Aww, I warmed up nicely. Nick. Let’s go to the sauna now.”
“Let’s go to the sauna, eat, and go home.”
“Hey, hey. It’s a one-way ticket.”
“Am I really not going back!!!”
“How would I know that.”
“If you don’t know, who does!!!”
“Kekekeke.”
“Don’t laugh!!!”

Seriously, he’s so funny.

Well, I finished the hot spring bath and came out with Nick.

* * *

But when I went to the sauna, everyone was already there.

“What’s this? Everyone’s here?”
“Kat-nim! Over here!”

My wives and daughters were all gathered, eating hot spring food. Hilde waved her hand, and I immediately grabbed Nick’s hand and sprinted to the scene.

“Wow! When did you all get here! Did you all follow me!”
“The darkie only took Nick. So we all came together. We just finished everything and came out.”
“Hehehe, to not notice this.”

I didn’t focus my senses much to concentrate on the time with Nick, and they all secretly came in through that gap.

“Hehehe, I was hiding my strength to come secretly! I’m glad you didn’t notice!”
“I need to step up my game.”

I stroke Lisha’s hair.

“Papa! Come over here!”
“Okay, okay.”

Leia called me. So I sat down with Nick. But why are they all wearing sheep head towels so cute?

“But how did women who aren’t even Korean know how to do sheep head towels? Why are they so cute?”
“That level of information gathering is basic, Seongdo-nim.”

Elise said proudly, crossing her arms and shaking her head slightly, appealing her sheep head towel to me. Look at that, that cute action. Is Elise really a married woman with a child? Why is she as cute as a daughter?

“Elise is really too cute!”

I have to stroke her hair no matter what!

“Ah-eut…!”

I came to tease Nick, but I had a good experience. So I sat between my wives and daughters, talking and lying down.

Everyone laughed loudly at the story of the statue Nick made and praised Nick. This kid was just stuck next to Winia with his head down, as if he was embarrassed.

“Hey, hey. Nick. Come and peel some eggs.”
“Eggs…”

—Whoosh.

Nick, who grabbed an egg with his superhuman strength, cleanly separated the eggshell without even touching it and handed it to me.

“Hey, you rascal. You have to peel it with your hands. Where are you using your superhuman strength?”
“Papa! Here!”
“Yeah! Like Zbell!”

Zbell handed me an egg peeled with her hands!
This loveliness!

“Nick, hurry!”
“Dad, a little…!”
“Darkie. If you’re going to be like that, you peel it. You.”
“Why would I peel it when Nick is here?”
“You darkie!”
“Kekekeke.”

In the end, I agreed to have Winia peel it for me.

“Kyahaha, this kid is really like this. Kaina. What did Mom say? Did Dad tell you to do that?”
“T-That…! Ugh.”

But I’m not doing anything too harsh.

“Nick. It must be hard being the eldest son.”
“N-Not really.”

Claudia stroked Nick’s head as if she felt sorry for him. If the aunts spoil the eldest son, he’ll develop bad habits.

“Kids. Dad’s going to lie down, so come and touch my hair.”
“Yes! Papa!”
“Nick, come and do it too.”
“Why would I touch Dad’s hair…!”
“Ahem! You rascal! Come and do it quickly!”

When I shouted that, everyone laughed loudly. Nick is really a bundle of laughs. He inherited my innate sense of humor.

Ah, this is what a vacation is.